Aquesta trobada forma part del programa de la OTAN Security through Science, en el que el grup de Física Ambiental de la UdG participa conjuntament amb el EFDP de l’Arizona State University, l’Institut Shirshov d’oceanografia de l’Acadèmia Russa de Ciències de Moscou i l' Institut de Geologia i Geofísica de Tashkent a Uzbekistan, i compte amb el suport del Institut Català de l’Aigua (ICRA).
En la inaguració del workshop hi assistirà el Dr. Miquel Duran, vicerector de recerca de la UdG i la Dr. Victòria Salvadó, directora del ICRA.
El professor Peter Zavialov, vicedirector de l'Institut Shirshov de l’Academia Russa de Ciències a Moscou i autor del llibre Physical Oceanography of the Dying Aral farà la conferència titulada “The Current State of the Aral Sea”.
El professor J.H.S. Fernando, director del EFDP i membre del Sri Lanka International Tsunami Survey Team que va visitar la zona devastada just després del desastre, farà la conferència titulada : “Tales of Troubled Waters: Sumatra Tsunami, Katrina Storm Surge and Cognates”.
La Dra. S. Leroy de la Brunel University de Londres i el Dr. J. Pérez de la UdG també parlaran sobre el Mar Caspi i el Karabogaz Gol a l’Àsia Central i el Salton Sea a Califòrnia.
Durant la resta de la setmana hi ha programades altres sessions de treball més especifiques pels participants del workshop.
Programa:
Wednesday, July11
Open Session
15:00 - 15:30 Opening and welcoming remarks
E. Roget, Chair of the Organizing Committee, University of Girona
V. Salvadó, Catalan Institute for Water Research, ICRA, Director
M. Duran, University of Girona, Research Vice-Chancellor
Convenor: Iossif Lozovatsky
15:30 - 16:15 Tales of troubled waters: Sumatra Tsunami, Katrina Storm Surge
and cognates
Harindra Joseph Shermal Fernando
Environmental Fluid Dynamics Program. Arizona State University, USA
16:15-16:30 Pause
16:30 - 17:15 The current state of the Aral Sea
Peter Zavialov1 and Anatoliy Ni2
(1) Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, RAS, Moscow, Russia
(2) Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Academy of Science of Uzbekistan
17:15:17:45 Coffee break
17:45-18:15 Possible causes for the erratically fluctuating levels of the
Caspian Sea and Karabogaz Gol
Suzanne Leroy
Brunel University, UK
18:15-18:45 The Salton Sea - Modeling the alternatives to save it from
ecological collapse.
Joaquim Perez-Losada1, S. Geoffrey Schladow2, Eu Gene Chung2, Bill
Fleenor2 and Dale M. Robertson3
(1) Department of Physics, University of Girona
(2) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
California, Davis, USA
(3) U.S. Geological Survey, Middleton, WI, USA
Thursday, July 12
Working Sessions
Morning Session
Convenor: Peter Zavialov
9:00 - 9:30 Remote sensing of the Aral Sea
Sergey Stanichniy
Marine Hydrophysical Institute, Sebastopol, Ukraine
9:30 - 10:00 The Aral Sea region from meteorological and climatological
standpoints
Valentina Khan
Hydrometeorological Research Center of Russian Federation, Moscow
10:00 - 10:40 Hydrochemistry of the western Aral Sea
Ananoliy Ni
Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Academy of Science, Uzbekistan
10:40-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:30 Hydrological regime of the Aral Sea in the past and present
Irina Tomashevskaya
Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Academy of Science, Uzbekistan
11:30-12:10 Hydrogeology of the newly dry bottom of the Aral Sea
Abulgazi Kurbaniyazov
Nukus State Institute of Education, Uzbekistan
12:10-12:50 Peculiar physical properties of the Aral Sea water
Sergey Dikarev
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, RAS, Moscow, Russia
13:00-14:30 Lunch
Afternoon Session
Convenor: J.H.S. Fernando
14:30-15:00 Bottom mixed layer in the continental shelf of the East China Sea
Jae-Hak Lee
Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute, Asan, Korea
15:00-15:30 Modeling the Aral Sea using POM.
Miquel Àngel Muñiz1 and Elena Roget2
(1) Catalan Water Research Institute, ICRA
(2) Department of Physics, University of Girona
15:30-16:00 Numerical experiments for the Aral Sea using ROMS
David Smith1 and Iossif Lozovatsky2
(1) Texas A&M University, USA
(2) Arizona State University, USA; also at Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS,
Moscow
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 - 18:00 Working Discussion
20:30 – 23:00 Official Dinner
Friday Jul 13
Discussion sessions
Morning Session
Convenor: E. Roget
9:00 - 10:30 UdG Research Office presentation about European Research
Programs and funding opportunities with following discussion.
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 13:00 Discussion about further research on the Aral Sea.
Planning for the Second Workshop in Uzbekistan in 2008.